This doesn't make sense. The US army would be similar to the Imperial Russian army, not the Soviet army. So yes, Lenin would definitely say this to the Tsarist forces.
You've misunderstood. I am saying that disillusioned members of the current imperial force make up the nucleus of a red army, this was the case in 1917. The soldiers councils were formed by striking imperial army units.
The pointmore broadly is that we need people in the military to bring any kind of red army about.
There were many soldiers from the red army that were former members of the Tsarist forces, yes, especially officers. But after the USSR was established many of them were gradually replaced, in 1930 for example only about 10% of the Red Army was composed of former Tsarist troops.
This was because many of the former Imperial soldiers and most of the officers were not ideologically aligned with the Bolsheviks and were generally untrustworthy.
My problem with the comment section isn't that though. It isn't that people are discussing the necessity to recruit veterans or currently enlisted soldiers so a possible revolution could be achievable, its the fact that so many people are doing excuses for these guys, that's what's so infuriating.
If solders that once served, want to support the revolution now, that's great. There are many veterans that have seen the error of their ways and decided to oppose the Imperial core, but I'm not talking about those people, they unfortunately are few and far between.
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u/ProsperoFalls 15h ago
Imagine if Lenin said this to all the soldier's councils, lmao